Country size comparison
compared to
Libya is about 14 times bigger than New York.
New York is approximately 122,283 sq km,
while Libya is approximately 1,759,540 sq km, making
Libya 1,339% larger than New York.
Meanwhile, the population of New York is ~19.4 million people
(12.2 million fewer people live in Libya).
This to-scale comparison of
New York
vs.
Libya
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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